RETURNING THANKS.
PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH
APPRECIATION AND GRATI-
FICATION
."BUSY THE HATCHET. AND GET
BACK TO. WORK."
£he Hon., J.G. "Crates |PnmaMiius-^ terh who wascaccornganred by.the At>_ torney-General (Sir 1 Francis Bell); was" grefetecj with'cheers when he appeared: oh the balcony of the "Evening Post'! to return thanks after the contest. He said:
"Kia Ora-Katoa (greetings to you allY; laclic3- and gentlemen j"'l ■ understand that the 'Government" Mas been" successful iii getting elected about 63 ■ members. (Applause.) There are the complete returns from 7 seats yefc to come. Th©' Rationalists stsnd efc 9; Liberal,. 1; atid Labour so fa? has 9. I wish to express my appreciation and gratification at the: opportunity that has been given ma for my. earnest endeß.vb.utf' to put :into effect t'ha pledge* that I Jjdve given to the electors. (Applauje,) . "I; think what we should, do now.is to bury' the hatchet and get back; Jo work in the direction of, making our countty the country we a.U want to «cc.' It is.now the best country .in the British Empire, ajid. in th<s wprjd. Let us keep it sp, and make it even better. I get no gratification from knowing that many of. my friends, although opposed to me politically, have &one down. But I sincerely trust that we can forget it, and go aheaij. After all, it is a campaign, and when you go'into, battle—well, somebody must get hurt. • - „ '.■■•';. "I, sincerely trust that, . the right thing has been done; and every effort on my part will bo made to give effect to. the principle that, will- give- equal 'opportunity to 1-every- citizen—to-- the very >iurtibie«t' citiisen""in . bitt '■"■■ land;., (Ap-, plauseV). ''.'.,..'.,'. .''.".','• '.'....'■''.'" . "We,.,believe' and; feel that '.the- best interests'-of'the- country 'can .be served by spund .. >table,. "goyernnient. L . Now, ladies::And;genJle'men, I/wlsh;you all the best of pjiickj-and; in-'conpUjßion, say 'Good night.'v' The- Prime Minister waij heartily,phcere'cl,ait-tlie:eoncli)Bion of hisj. ..addre»fl'i>:^!st^': "Jl.l»€J~t?mwd-.;Bt|iigr.''*'S'or:-He >*. a Jolly O.ood Fellow." ■ ••..-.■• ; ■ --,
RETURNING THANKS.
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 110, 5 November 1925, Page 14
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